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The Signpost: 18 September 2013

Suggestion

Remove the requested move template and the wp:home text. Many people are going to respond based on a glance that tells them you simply want to move Main Page to WP:HOME, rather than read your full proposal. Just a suggestion based on my own experiences. It's up to you though. equazcion (talk) 08:23, 22 Sep 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Transportation in Montana

The Signpost: 25 September 2013

WikiCup 2013 September newsletter

In 30 days, we will know the identity of our 2013 WikiCup champion. Wales Cwmhiraeth (submissions) currently leads; if that lead is held, she will become the first person to have won the WikiCup twice. Canada Sasata (submissions), Australia Hawkeye7 (submissions)—who has never participated in the competition before—and New South Wales Casliber (submissions) follow. The majority of points in this round have come from a mix of good articles and bonus points. This final round is seeing contributions to a number of highly important topics; recent submissions include Phoenix (constellation) (FA by Casliber), Ernest Lawrence (GA by Hawkeye7), Pinniped, and red fox (both GAs by Sasata).

The did you know (DYK) eligibility criteria have recently changed, meaning that newly passed good articles are accepted as "new" for did you know purposes. However, in the interests of not changing the WikiCup rules mid-competition, please note that only articles eligible for DYK under the old system (that is, newly created articles or 5x expansions) will be eligible for points in this year's WikiCup. We do, however, have time to discuss how this new system will work for next year's competition; a discussion will be opened in due course. On that note, thoughts are welcome on changes you'd like to see for next year. What worked? What didn't work? What would you like to see more of? What would you like to see less of? All Wikipedians, new or old, are also warmly invited to sign up for the 2014 WikiCup.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to reduce the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talkemail) and The ed17 (talkemail) 22:47, 1 October 2013 (UTC)

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Station Symbols

Hey just wanted to let you know I started to help you with your symbol project however I have been met with being reverted on some. Example: Aldershot GO Station. Mike (talk) 14:47, 7 October 2013 (UTC)

First of all, thanks for helping out. I prefer to do the stations in a more organized way, e.g. working through a list or category, and doing those in an order; currently I'm doing France and then it moves on to the United States and Canada. (See the project page.) Also, it helps if you have a good edit summary showing that all the symbol additions are routine. Mine are here. The project is a little inactive right now, and needs a jump start however that won't be possible for me until the beginning of November. If you would like to continue with the French ones (in order) that would be appreciated, but until I get the phase with Canada set up we shouldn't go jumping in non-systematically. In November I can set up a collaboration. Rcsprinter (articulate) @ 16:12, 7 October 2013 (UTC)
I'll wait for November! Drop me a line when your ready and if you setup what you want to do I can do some of the repetitive manual work. Mike (talk) 16:14, 7 October 2013 (UTC)

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DYK for Transportation in Montana

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